"The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible."

-- Washington Irving

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“Being from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“As the evidence has shown, the cases of voter fraud across the country are statistically minimal if you go back decades.”
“Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.”
“Iran's stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region... No one will allow a bunch of thugs, lechers and outcasts from London, America and Moscow to rule over the Palestinians.”

Source : "Iran Leader Urges Destruction of 'cancerous' Israel". Friday sermon, edition.cnn.com. December 15, 2000.
“As anger is a passing storm, so it comes not gradually and with signs, but like a sudden sweep of wind or black squall.”
“Happiness is the most natural thing in the world when you have it, and the slowest, strangest, most impossible thing when you don't.”
“It is almost impossible for anyone outside this damn beltway to really understand how the Congress works. If you aren't here, walking the halls of Congress, sitting at bars and attending parties where you get to knock back some brews with Hill staffers, you don't have a handle on the almost numbing amount of bullshit that goes on.”
“I didn't go to high school, but when I did go to school, I was actually in the group made up of cheerleaders; I just wasn't one of them. But I hung out with a bunch of different kids.”

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